In the same previously mentioned book, Folklore of Highland County, there is a picture of a middle-aged Native American woman. This is the caption beneath it : Frankie, a Carmel Indian Woman The mother of this woman was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. The father was Cherokee, but had a white (Irish) grandfather. Both were children of Highland county Indians who were removed to the Indian reservations in Oklahoma. When Frankie and her Indian husband were married they came back to Highland County, making the trip in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. Frankie and her parents are buried in the cemetery at Carmel and their descendants are scattered throughout the hill section. (There is no date on this picture, nor are any last names mentioned) ----- Original Message ----- From: raey <[email protected]> To: J. R. Carpenter <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Carmel Indian Settlement > This is from the book, Folklore of Highland County, by Violet Morgan, > written in 1946. I'm not sure if it will help you, but because Indians are > mentioned (albeit briefly), I thought I'd pass it along. > ================ > > Brushcreek Township > Carmel: Population, about 25 - 30; Altitude, 964 feet above sea level; > Location, 12 miles southeast of Hillsboro, on crossroads, going to Marshall > and turning south at bend; or going east on U.S. Route 50 and turning on to > State Route 70 at stone house. Unincorporated. > > Carmel was never platted nor intended for a town. It received its name from > a log church named Mount Carmel about one mile away on the Marshall- Carmel > road. A new Mount Carmel church was built in 1865 in the southern part of > what is known today as Carmel, and the older church was called Old Log > Carmel. When it was learned that another place in Ohio was named Mount > Carmel, the word Mount was dropped. The name originated from the Biblical > Carmel, a town in the mountainous part of Palestine. > > A post office, now in a tumble-down state and abandoned, was established > here about 1876 and T.M. Watts was the first postmaster. > > In the hills southwest of Carmel live the descendants of Indians, one of the > most interesting groups of people in the county. One winding road weaving > its hilly way southward off the main highway from Carmel, passes through a > cluster of houses known as Millertown, past one section of Fort Hill, and > connecting with State Route 41. Millertown originated from the settling of > Miller families between 1840 and 1860 and named for them. > > Carmel has a two-room elementary graded school. High school pupils go to > school at Sinking Spring. The one church is known now as the Methodist > Church. Residents receive their mail at Ove McCoppin's store at the > crossroads, or by rural mail deliver. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J. R. Carpenter <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:52 AM > Subject: [OHHIGHLA-L] Re: Carmel Indian Settlement > > > > >I am trying to find more information on the "Carmel Indian Settlement" in > > >Highland County, Ohio.... any information would be greatly appreciated... > > >~Sherry~ > > > > *Supposedly* they are related to the Melungeons of VA/WV/KY/TN. > *Supposedly* > > they are mixed with remnants of the Wyandotte, Miami, Mingo, Delaware, and > > Shawnee Indians. *Supposedly* they came from Melungeon migrants from > > Magoffin Co KY in the early 1800s. > > > > There is a whole lot of conjecture as to the origin(s) of the Melungeons, > > and the Carmel Indians are listed as a group related to the Melungeons. > Any > > search on the web for Melungeons generally includes references to the > Carmel > > Indians as well. > > > > I do know that a lot of people from southwestern Virginia settled in > > Highland Co, and southwestern Virginia is/was part of Melungeon territory. > I > > don't know enough about the Melungeons to make any further statements > other > > than to say that some in my extended Surber family (Swiss German from PA > to > > sw VA) may have Melungeon ties. > > > > Rick > > > > > > ==== OHHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > > To Subscribe to the digest, OHHIGHLA-D, address your email to: > > [email protected] and type: SUBSCRIBE. Remember to > > unsubscribe yourself from ohhighla-l or you will get multiple copies! > > > >